Happy Friday the 13th! Nothing unfortunate has befallen us, at least not yet, but it did make me think back fondly to Halloween and all the fun we had on Star Stable. Galloper's Keep and the rest of the spooky festivities kept going strong through November 3. We enjoyed them to the full!
Alas, the mystery surrounding the paranormal activity on South Hoof remains a mystery.
The October bazaar featured 4 different breeds that all come in some appropriate-for-Halloween coats:
Criollo for 617 star coins
Jorvik Friesian for 475 star coins
Friesian Sport Horse for 655 star coins
Jorvik Wild Horse for 535 star coins
Since we already own a horse in each of these models (either "normal" or magical), we let this one go by. We could've easily bought one of each, though. All 4 are great breeds and were quite discounted!
One more noteworthy new feature on the final week of the festival: a daily summoning activity with Nancy, a Saltus witch ghost.
During the final week, we could also go searching for a rogue ghost each day and convince it to return to the Keep with us. The quests seemed to be unchanged from previous years, but the ghosts themselves got glow-ups.
We had to light the candles in a particular order to summon certain objects to the stone platform in the middle. This proved to be more of a challenge for us than it sounds, as it was all too easy to forget the pattern/get a little disoriented as you're riding your horse to each at ground level.
We were hoping Nancy would do something with all of the summoned objects (mirror, dead flowers, book, bones, etc.) at the end of the week. Nope. Oh well, maybe next year.
During the final week, we could also go searching for a rogue ghost each day and convince it to return to the Keep with us. The quests seemed to be unchanged from previous years, but the ghosts themselves got glow-ups.
heading up a mountain to the highest point on Jorvik
The "find the ghost pony" quest seemed to be glitched for us - we wandered around South Hoof for quite some time with no sign of any wild Welshies, live or ghostly. Many thanks to the person who posted the ghost pony's coordinates online. We'd never have found her without help.
On our way back to the Keep after finding the ghost pony, we finally saw the live Welshies, which obviously have not been updated yet.
Due to time constraints, Clara and Starboard ended up participating in the Fort Pinta championship with a ghost girl trailing behind them. Good times.
Here's a look at the updated ghost doggie. So cute! I sure wish we could've kept him rather than returning him to the Keep.
We came really close to never returning the final ghost from Goldenhills. We tried every trick we could think of to get her to follow us into the portal you see here, but she refused! We'd given up and were going about other business in the Keep, and then finally the game registered her re-entry and let us finish the quest. Whew!
Another weird thing for us this year: the ghosts would not go into their fancy chamber in the brick fortress. The newest ghost would go stand just outside it, while any gathered on previous days just lined up outside. Whatever, we're just glad we got them all back in time!
We saved the Haunted Trail Ride for last on the final day of the event. Here are Clara and Inky saying their fond farewells to the final cave beasts, the red-eyed bears.
It's been fun, Galloper! Until next year!
As much fun as the Halloween Event was, it's a relief to be playing at a slower pace now without FOMO. Star Stable has given us plenty of reason to keep on returning daily, however. We have a new trailblazer track to complete, this time a cozy Fjord-themed set.
The plushie Fjord details are adorable! The outfit isn't really my style (I'd have preferred pants and no cold shoulders on the sweater), but I love the theme.
Hooray for max stat horseshoes and the free stable care coupons too! Thanks, Star Stable! <3
It seemed like - on our server anyway - more players participated than have in these events previously. It was an entertaining but lengthy task to click through everybody's entries and thumbs up our favorites. There are lots of fashionistas out there... and also lots of players who just submit random stuff that doesn't suit the theme.
We stick to the theme and also avoid using too many pieces from the same set. That's gotten us through to the final round in previous iterations, and it worked again this time. Here are our submissions, for the record:
an excuse to haul out our pumpkin helmet and bright orange pants
So many Friesians came out for this one, which makes sense.
We went with our grullo Artie instead so that all the black accessories would stand out.
We thought this was appropriately cozy and classy, and that Vanilla would enjoy a tea party.
We opted to take this as literally as we could, because when we have a carrot shirt and that pumpkin helmet, why not?
Our entry for the final! We didn't have any great rain hats, so we opted for winter storm.
With the lull in time-consuming events, we've moved our home stable back to Valedale. Last weekend, we finally finished all of the Paths! So, from now on, we can bank all the light all we want, and sell it for shillings whenever we want. Not sure how much of this we'll do, but it's cool that we have the option now!
The last noteworthy piece of news is a big one: Star Stable released an updated Fjord Horse this week! They're awesome!
Another bonus of a home base in Valedale: we can easily visit these cuties!
We're so excited to have one of these in our herd someday. It's one of my favorite breeds in real life, and it so deserved this update! I have no idea how we're going to decide on a coat color or a mane style when the time comes. There are so many wonderful options! Below are a few of our favorite mane styles, but there are quite a few more than this.
the classic
natural
hearts
stars
